Vidigueira
Encyclopedia
Vidigueira is a municipality in Portugal
, with a total area of 316.0 km² and a total population of 6,019 inhabitants.
The municipality is composed of four parishes, and is located in the District of Beja.
The present Mayor is Manuel Rosa Narra, elected by the Unitarian Democratic Coalition
.
The municipal holiday is Ascension Day.
The archaeological site of the Roman Ruins of Villa Áulica and Convent of São Cucufate
are situated near Vidigueira.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, with a total area of 316.0 km² and a total population of 6,019 inhabitants.
The municipality is composed of four parishes, and is located in the District of Beja.
The present Mayor is Manuel Rosa Narra, elected by the Unitarian Democratic Coalition
Unitarian Democratic Coalition
The Democratic Unity Coalition is an electoral and political coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party and the Ecologist Party "The Greens"...
.
The municipal holiday is Ascension Day.
The archaeological site of the Roman Ruins of Villa Áulica and Convent of São Cucufate
Roman Ruins of Villa Áulica and Convent of São Cucufate
The Roman Ruins of São Cucufate is a Romanesque archaeological site, located on the ruins of a Roman-era argicultural farm in the civil parish of Vila de Frades, in the municipality of Vidigueira, in the southern Alentejo,...
are situated near Vidigueira.
General information
- Vidigueira is not the birthplace of Portuguese navigator Vasco da GamaVasco da GamaVasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India...
. Vasco da Gama was made count of Vidigueira by King D. Manuel I on his return from his first trip to India by sea.
- Vidigueira is the birthplace of the humanist poet and commentator Achilles Statius.
- Dutch philosopher Baruch SpinozaBaruch SpinozaBaruch de Spinoza and later Benedict de Spinoza was a Dutch Jewish philosopher. Revealing considerable scientific aptitude, the breadth and importance of Spinoza's work was not fully realized until years after his death...
's father lived in Vidigueira in the 17th century, before escaping from the Portuguese InquisitionPortuguese InquisitionThe Portuguese Inquisition was formally established in Portugal in 1536 at the request of the King of Portugal, João III. Manuel I had asked for the installation of the Inquisition in 1515 to fulfill the commitment of marriage with Maria of Aragon, but it was only after his death that the Pope...
to Holland.